Re: wireless auth+crypto

[Julian Smith <jules_(_at_)_op59_(_dot_)_net>]

On Sat, 1 May 2004 14:17:00 +0100
Pedro la Peu <pedro_(_at_)_am-gen_(_dot_)_org> wrote:

> On Saturday 01 May 2004 12:29 am, Paulo Jorge Correia Pires wrote:
> > i've said something simple to the client side, and authpf
> > means an ssh session and i do not want ppl to have shell
> > access to the AP/AR! but thanks for the tip.
> 
> Read authpf(8), you do not appear to understand it.
> 
> Check the archives, I posted a simple "one click" recipe for this about
> 12-18 months ago using putty/pageant. If you have a WDS (multiple AP's)
> configure them as filtering bridges and run dhcpd and authpf on the wired
> lan (e.g. authpf on the WDS's default gateway).
> 
> For encryption, you can tunnel all traffic through the ssh (authpf) session
> 
> and block anything else at the AP's. A decently spec'd gateway can handle 

Could you explain how to do this? Getting encryption with authpf would be
great, but I thought the only way of getting both authentication and
encryption was to use ipsec.

Thanks,

- Julian

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